- Hey, mom, I'm on GQ right now.
Let me call you back.
- [on the phone] You told me that a minute ago.
- I know, I know my bad.
I'm gonna call you.
All right.
Alright, bye.
Love you.
[music]
What's up GQ,
my name is Kayvon Thibodeaux and these are my essentials.
So, you know, I had to go jewelry first
cuz the camera loves the jewelry.
So here obviously I got my earrings
in and I got my two 10 inch chains on
and here I got my ring, some more earrings and my bracelet.
And then
of course this is about a kilo here, my Cuban links.
And then with these, I mean
these are just my beautiful medallions
obviously dream cuz dream is my foundation.
This one is actually reversible.
So the same logo that's on the box
is on the back of the chain and I could wear it either way.
So if you see these watches, they're
in order from the time I got them.
Now, this one is really priceless.
I wanna say it was 2013 and this,
I was literally like 14 years old, 13 years old.
And this watch was about 400 bucks.
It's a little worn down now, but you know
I saved up.
I was working at literally school.
You know, I was literally selling candy and doing things
like that.
Just, you know, coming from the inner city, having to
help my mom and do things like that.
Being a young kid, I had to take on more responsibility
living in a single mother home and you know, having just to
help her with things and then be able to get things
that I wanted.
Now it's about the smell goods.
So when it comes to smelling good, I always gotta
keep at least two or three on me.
And right here, I got the Dior and I got the Gucci
but of course, you know, I like to really change
'em out depending on where I'm going, depending
on what the night's gonna be.
But I say, this is probably one of my favorites
cuz it's real smooth, you know, might as well give
it another squirt.
So, you know, I gotta keep more than one.
And I say that because there's always somebody
that got the same cologne as you.
So if I catch somebody that might smell like me
I'm changing wardrobe and I'm throwing on the other cologne.
And if you're ever worried about continuity, yes
I did change watches.
[chair scraping]
Bro. I thought I [beep] told you to [beep]
Sorry guys.
I wasn't myself.
I had to eat a Snickers.
[blip]
Of course I had to have a Snickers. Sometimes,
you know, I get outta myself.
I don't feel right.
I just eat a Snickers.
And if you could tell this is my Snickers, it goes way
way back to when I used to live with my great-grandmother.
I used to walk to the corner store and get a Snickers
every day. I eat Snickers anytime I'm feeling sad.
Anytime I'm feeling mad, I try not to eat 'em before a game
cuz it gets stuck in my teeth.
Any other time, just know I keep a Snickers with me.
[music]
When I first came to New York, I was looking
for a new barber.
I didn't want to have barber tryouts cuz I could only
get one cut.
So I ended up going with my man Speedy.
His Instagram is CBK_Speedy
And you know, he's been looking out for me ever
since, he's the one who's hooked me up
with these clean clippers and I always keep them with me
cuz I never know when I have to shave
or I might have to shave somebody else.
[buzz]
Vaseline. Now in the black community, this is sacred.
This is very, very sacred.
And I wanna give a PSA to all of you maniacs.
When you use somebody else's Vaseline, do not
use your first finger.
Use your pinky.
Pinky.
This is good from hair to knuckles to knees.
Doesn't really matter.
Just make sure you have some on if it's cold outside.
But next, I wanna give a shout out to Beats.
They gave me these when I got drafted to the New York giants
and ever since then, I don't think I've stopped using them.
I think the first pair of beats I had
my dad got 'em for me, dad, I don't wanna throw you
under the bus, but I knew they were fake.
You know, now to have a deal with beats
and to really be a part of that family, it's a blessing.
A lot of people think, you know
the hippie hop and the the hoorah's good for football.
But for me, I like to have a clear mind when I really go
into listening to music and really
I would say the top three people
on my playlist are; Erykah Badu,
Teddy Pendergrass and Al green.
And I know it's a little old school,
but I really like to be smooth when it comes
to what I listen to.
Next, I wanna tell you about this remote, you know
of course, it's a PS5 remote
but it means a little more, you know, I'm a gamer
and I play a lot of Madden and I play a lot of 2K
but I had a friend that passed away,
his name is Ezekiel Bishop, shout out to him.
We'd play the game,
I mean every day, you know, so for me
this is the last controller
that he used when I played with him.
So I just keep it with me anytime
I feel like whooping on somebody,
I know I got his strength when it comes
to these video games. I wanna give a shout out
to my man B. Lawless.
He made this for me.
And I think this quote on the back really speaks to
you know, what we stand by and who we are.
It says inspiration is a perishable act and must be acted
upon immediately.
It just has a lot of different, you know, great people
in it.
A lot of different pictures that he took of just
awesome people from Snoop Dogg to Wiz Khalifa, to LeBron
to different just media actors and you know, the whole nine.
But for me it's just motivation.
Just seeing, you know, different famous people,
different people who are accomplished and knowing where
I'll be one day.
I keep this book with me just to really pay homage
to my boy, B Lawless and two
just to keep inspiring myself,
so I know where I wanna be one day.
[music]
And now I gotta get the beard oil.
So I didn't start using beard oil until I got to college,
right? Cause I went to a private high school.
So I had to shave my beard all the time
but my boy, Ajax, shout out to him.
He's at Oregon right now.
He was the first one that kind of put me on
getting beard oil.
You know, cuz when you are young, you get patches.
So for me I started off making sure my growth was right
and now, I do it to tame it. And you know
I got my old trustee pick with me, speaking of routine,
I might as well get it in right now cuz I know
I done had a mask on,
so I gotta make sure that I look right.
So I know you're looking at me like why do I
have this box with a smiley face on it?
So these are hydro stars.
These hydro stars are for pimples,
any acne you wanna cover.
And they look good.
It was something I started up not too long ago.
And when they came to me, I was really big on it.
And now it's just a part of my lifestyle.
So last, but definitely not least, we got Tic Tacs.
So the thing about Tic Tacs, I like Tic Tacs
for two reasons:
One, because what kind of guy do you wanna be
chewing, the gun falls outta your mouth.
You choke on it.
You never know what's gonna happen.
If you guys ever seen the wood
and me being a young kid, I knew on my first dance
at my first party that we had to have Tic Tacs,
you couldn't go in there with gum. Gum's
gonna melt in your pocket.
You gonna cause all kind
of problems that you don't want to have.
Tic tacs has always been there for me.
Man, I'm tired of y'all being all in my business.
Shout out to GQ and thanks for having me.
These have been my essentials.